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"Love this post, Lisa. Equal parts personal and insightful. The human connection and deep rhetorical nature of recruitment fascinates me, and it's a side I think unfortunately gets swept under the rug as often as not."

"An apt metaphor, Kelly. As much as we're turned off by port-a-potties, many recognize their necessity and reluctantly use them. Maybe there's hope in their recent editorial push, perhaps there's still healthy discussion to had on…"

Everyone remembers their first 40 tech hires. Well, Yoav Shapira, early VPE of HubSpot, certainly does. Despite the lack of an in-house recruiter, as well as mixed experiences with RPOs, Yoav grew the marketing SaaS company's dev team by 10x during his time there.We linked up with Yoav to hear about his experiences and what he…See More

Everyone remembers their first 40 tech hires. Well, Yoav Shapira, early VPE of HubSpot, certainly does. Despite the lack of an in-house recruiter, as well as mixed experiences with RPOs, Yoav grew the marketing SaaS company's dev team by 10x during his time there.We linked up with Yoav to hear about his experiences and what he…See More

"I've thought about this a bit, Keith, and I have a few ideas on why startups tend to veer on the younger side:
-More experienced (read:older) professionals tend to be more risk averse. Why would they decide to invest a great deal of their time…"

"I don't know... I kind of like it. What about a website where people could flame candidates that are atrocious? That might be a little fun, too. I have never had any problems with 'crowd control' in 25 years as a…"

"Well well well. Is this not interesting. Metrics. The purveyor for the person who does not understand the essence of recruiting IMHO. GitHub was se signed to help coders not recruiters. Unless this site is a joke it is truly misguided."

Programmers are on GitHub, Designers are on Dribbble, and everyone is on LinkedIn. Yet we brave sourcers are without a home of our own.Wouldn't it be swell if there were a place where recruiters could not only collaborate and compare notes, but also be evaluated on their skillset? GitHub is brilliant in it's simplicity.…See More

"Hey Roberrt,
We have something like this. It's called:
RecruitingBlogs.com
Also, if an org has to go round-about to find a solid recruiter (we don't exactly hide)- it has serious problems.
Keep Blogging,
Keith"

Programmers are on GitHub, Designers are on Dribbble, and everyone is on LinkedIn. Yet we brave sourcers are without a home of our own.Wouldn't it be swell if there were a place where recruiters could not only collaborate and compare notes, but also be evaluated on their skillset? GitHub is brilliant in it's simplicity.…See More

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Everyone remembers their first 40 tech hires. Well, Yoav Shapira, early VPE of HubSpot, certainly does. Despite the lack of an in-house recruiter, as well as mixed experiences with RPOs, Yoav grew the marketing SaaS company's dev team by 10x during his time there.

You don't found 4 companies without having a prodigious knack for hiring the right people. More specifically, you don't found 4 of the most successful, innovative, and exciting new age companies without having a prodigious knack for hiring the right people. X.com (later merged with Paypal), SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity are all the brainchildren of one Elon Musk, whose fearless trailblazing attitude towards new-age tech has made him something of a demi-god among…

It’s no secret how hard it can be to recruit programmers, designers, or anyone with a technical background. Finding a candidate with the precise skill set you’re searching for can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and matters are made more difficult by the fact that you’re competing with the noise of no doubt hundreds of other recruiters. It should come as no surprise that some very common recruiting tactics are rubbing talent the wrong way,…